FKIE_CVE-2015-8631

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-02-13 02:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:34
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a request specifying a NULL principal name.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8343Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034916Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/83ed75feba32e46f736fcce0d96a0445f29b96c2Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8343Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034916Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/83ed75feba32e46f736fcce0d96a0445f29b96c2Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mit kerberos_5 *
mit kerberos_5 *
opensuse leap 42.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.7
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
oracle linux 6
oracle linux 7
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